Our New Post-Virus Lexicon

From ‘antibody’ to ‘Wuhan,’ old terms take on new meaning.

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Travelers line up outside the Hankou Railway Station after travel restrictions to leave Wuhan, China, were lifted, April 8, 2020.

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Antibody badges = surely a German import

Antibody tests = It seems that nobody tests.

Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University; the author of The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won; and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness.

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